Aja on 11/9/2006 at 07:37
subtracting 12 is really hard for some of us :(
Vigil on 11/9/2006 at 07:46
Americans in this thread seem to be under the mistaken impression that countries that use the 24-hour clock embrace it wholeheartedly. Over here in Finland at least, while times are always printed in 24-hour notation people still talk about "3 in the afternoon" rather than "15" in everyday speech; and of course analog clocks haven't stopped being popular nor started showing 24-hour time.
Gingerbread Man on 11/9/2006 at 08:15
Not to mention the fact that anyone in North America who has ever used the trains, intercity buses, or those airplane things is quite familiar with a 24-hour clock.
TheOutrider on 11/9/2006 at 18:08
Quote Posted by Vigil
Americans in this thread seem to be under the mistaken impression that countries that use the 24-hour clock embrace it wholeheartedly. Over here in Finland at least, while times are always printed in 24-hour notation people still talk about "3 in the afternoon" rather than "15" in everyday speech; and of course analog clocks haven't stopped being popular nor started showing 24-hour time.
Much like Americans (and Brits too) often seem under the mistaken impression that countries that use the metric system also have people say I AM ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE CENTIMETERS TALL and I'LL HAVE ZERO POINT FIVE KILOGRAMS OF CHEESE PLEASE, whereas people just say "one seventy-five" and "half a kilo" instead.
In other news, fuck you, US "Standard" system. HEIL METRIC!
Kyloe on 12/9/2006 at 05:51
That calendar has a certain Je ne sais quoi.
Zut alors!
TheOutrider on 12/9/2006 at 19:31
Only that unlike the French Republican Calendar, the DD/MM/YYYY date notation, 24-hour clock and metric system are actually ISO standards/SI measurement units.
Plus unlike the "US Standard", or the Imperial system for that matter, at least the metric system is based on whole decimal fractions and not A FURLONG OF DOZENS OF YARDS WHICH ARE THREE FEET EACH. :nono:
Briareos H on 13/9/2006 at 03:48
Quote Posted by TheOutrider
the DD/MM/YYYY date notation
If that was true it would get more and more annoying, especially when you work with computers. There is no reason to justify the DD MM YYYY system.
Hopefully, the ISO8601 date representation is YYYY-MM-DD
Gingerbread Man on 13/9/2006 at 07:01
DMY is annoying. I don't say "Thirteenth of September, 2006" -- I say "September thirteenth, 2006"
LIKE ANY SANE PERSON WOULD
David on 13/9/2006 at 07:07
But you're not sane, not even close.
D/M/Y for daily use, Y-M-D for computer use.
